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The article reports a 2% increase in the area planted with potatoes in the Northwest Europe Potato Group (NEPG) region, including France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, reaching a total of 507,300 hectares. This growth is slightly below the five-year average. The rise is attributed to producers shifting their focus to high-value potato varieties for fried products and crisps, as they face rising production costs and potential impacts from the upcoming CAP reform and environmental regulations. The NEPG expresses concerns about the impact of high wheat, rapeseed, and corn prices, as well as increased land rental costs, on future potato sowings. The article also discusses the early start to the new potato crop season, with potential impacts on yield and quality due to various climatic hazards and earlier flowering patterns in some conservation varieties.
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The first estimates of the areas of potatoes planted in the four main countries of the NEPG zone (France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands) show a growth of +2%, an increase of 10,100 ha to reach 507,300 ha. Compared to the five-year average, the increase is +0.9%. "At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the first estimates however pointed to a decrease in the area of 2022, mainly due to ever higher production costs", comments the NEPG, Potato Growers' Group Northwestern European land. But some producers of starch potatoes (Germany, France and the Netherlands) and some producers of potatoes intended for the fresh market (Germany and France) have changed their outlets to produce fried varieties or for the production of crisps. The NEPG also anticipates the reform of the CAP and the ever-higher production costs which could have an influence on sowing in 2023. According to the organization, the high prices of wheat, rapeseed, grain corn and the potential increase in the ...
Source: Pleinchamp
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